Effects of a Psychological Preparation Intervention on Anxiety Associated with Pediatric Anorectal Manometry

Table 1

Demographics and baseline characteristics.

Variable	Control (N = 32)	Intervention (N = 31)	Overall (N = 63)	T Score / Chi-Square	P-value
Age (years)
Mean (Standard Deviation)	6.68 (2.69)	6.69 (2.33)	6.68 (2.49)	-0.02	0.99
Minimum	3	3	3
Maximum	12	12	12
Gender				0.76	0.38
Male	20 (62.5%)	16 (51.6%)	36 (57.1%)
Female	12 (37.5%)	15 (48.4%)	27 (42.9%)
Race				0.69	0.71
White	22 (68.8%)	24 (77.4%)	46 (73.0%)
Black	8 (25.0%)	6 (19.4%)	14 (22.2%)
Other	2 (6.3%)	1 (3.2%)	3 (4.8%)
Caregiver Accompanied With				0.24	0.89
Mother	32 (100%)	28 (90.3%)	60 (95.2%)
Father	10 (31.3%)	11 (35.5%)	21 (33.3%)
Multiple Caregivers	14 (43.8%)	12 (38.7%)	26 (41.2%)
Psychiatric Comorbidity	7 (21.9%)	2 (6.5%)	9 (14.3%)	3.05	0.08